Help with 1280 - TLC5940NT + Led strips

Grumpy_Mike:
You have a number of wiring errors:-

  1. Don't join the pin 16s together.
  2. Iref is on pin 20 not pin 22 as you have it
  3. Ground is pin 22
  4. There are no decoupling capacitors on the supply.
  5. There is no common connection to the anodes of the LEDs.

Ok, thanks for that, it's a great help. I really should invest in a breadboard for this sorta thing, lol. That used to etching pcb's that are already laid out ready.

The common anode connection will be provided seperately from a 12v power supply, there was no part in fritzing for rgb strips so figured rgb led's would do for the layout.

Again, many thanks for the help, it's appreciated.